Charles F. Melin Melin

1917-1996 · Joplin MO

Born 1917, Jasper County, Missouri, USA

Died 1996

Father: Charles S. Melin

Mother: Vola Melin

Charles Fishburn Melin was born on 12 July 1917 in Jasper County, Missouri. His parents were Charles S. Melin (1881 to 1959) and Vola Fishburn Melin (1885 to 1949). His middle name came from his mother's family.

He served in the United States Army in World War II and was stationed in the South Pacific. On 23 November 1949 he married Margery H. Bullock, who was born in 1917 and died in 2010. They had two sons, Stephen C. Melin and Roger W. Melin.

His memorial says he ran Melin's Grocery Store for 60 years and retired in 1991. He belonged to Byers Avenue United Methodist Church in Joplin. He was also treasurer of the board that oversaw the station that later became KSNF-TV, the Joplin television station.

Charles died in Joplin on 26 March 1996, aged 78. He is buried at Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery in Joplin. These details come from his Find a Grave memorial. No obituary or census record was checked against them.

Parents

Vola Melin (1885-1949)

Charles S. Melin (1881-1959)

Sources

Find a Grave, memorial for Charles Fishburn Melin, Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery, Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Missouri Division of Health, standard certificate of death, Jasper County, 1959, state file no. 59-001728; Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1975.

Find a Grave, memorial 78702487, photograph by Bob Weir, added by Floyd Smith (Smitty), 16 January 2018.

Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, 27 March 1996, p. 5B; clipping on Find a Grave memorial 78702487, added by Floyd Smith (Smitty).

Joplin Globe, Joplin, Missouri, 18 January 1959, p. 4C; clipping on Find a Grave memorial 71570419, added by Floyd Smith (Smitty).

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Researched October 2026. Cite: Heirology, "Charles F. Melin Melin (1917-1996)", https://heirology.com/ancestors/charles-f-melin-melin-1917-1996-2d29af.